Christie, Agatha

Incomparable devisor of puzzles and complete mistress of the unexpected twist, Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowen DBE was and remains the best selling writer of fiction in the world. She wrote eighty novels and short story collections and her two favourite protagonists, Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot are as famous as she is. Another six novels were published under the name Mary Westmacott. In 1926 Christie disappeared after her husband, Archie Christie asked for a divorce, having fallen in love with Nancy Neele. This disappearance became national news. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle gave one of Christie's gloves to a spirit medium to try to find her. Ten days later she was discovered at the Swann Hydropathic Hotel in Harrogate under the name of Neele. She retreated at once to Abney Hall Cheadle where her sister lived with her husband. Abney Hall informed much of Christie's writing about Country Houses that formed so much of the quintessentially English backdrop to her novels.
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1936 Cards on the TableLondon: 1936An excellent copy of the first edition of this classic Agatha Christie title, in which four detectives and four suspects join together in a game of bridge.
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1939 Murder is EasyLondon: 1939The sought after first edition of this standalone Agatha Christie murder mystery.
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1979 Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other StoriesLondon: 1979An excellent copy of this posthumously published collection of short stories by the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie.
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1960 The Adventure of the Christmas PuddingLondon: 1960A wonderful first edition of this festive collection of short stories by the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie.
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1971 NemesisLondon: 1971The first edition of this thrilling Miss Marple mystery novel by Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie.
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1972 Elephants Can RememberLondon: 1972An exceptionally lovely first edition of this thrilling Hercule Poirot murder mystery by Agatha Christie.
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1970 Passenger to FrankfurtLondon: 1970An excellent first edition copy of Agatha Christie's thrilling 1970 spy novel.
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1968 By the Pricking of My ThumbsLondon: 1968An excellent first edition Agatha Christie novel, following the detectives Tommy and Tupper Beresford.
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1959 Cat Among the PigeonsLondon: 1959A smart first edition copy of this thrilling Hercule Poirot murder mystery, set in an all-girls boarding school.
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1944 Towards ZeroLondon: 1944The first edition of an uncommon and sought after murder mystery by the queen of the genre, Agatha Christie.
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1933 The Hound of Death and Other StoriesLondon: 1933The first edition of this selection of Agatha Christie's mystery short stories, including the notable 'The Witness for the Prosecution'.
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1939 Hercule Poirot's ChristmasLondon: 1939An exciting festive murder mystery by Agatha Christie, following Hercule Poirot over the Christmas period as he investigates a mysterious death.
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1937 Death on the NileLondon: 1937A sought after and scarce to see first edition of one of Agatha Christie's best known Poirot murder mysteries.
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1937 Dumb WitnessLondon: 1937An uncommon to see first edition of this popular and sought after Agatha Christie novel, featuring Hercule Poirot.
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1970 Passenger to FrankfurtLondon: 1970A delightful first edition copy of Agatha Christie's thrilling 1970 spy novel.
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1963 The ClocksLondon: 1963The first edition of this thrilling Hercule Poirot detective novel, by the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie.
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1956 Hickory Dickory DockLondon: 1956A bright copy of the first Book Club edition of this thrilling Agatha Christie murder mystery, featuring Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.
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1967 Endless NightLondon: 1967A wonderful example of the first edition of one of Agatha Christie's favourite of her own works.
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1958 Ordeal by InnocenceLondon: 1958The first edition of Agatha Christie's stand-alone psychological murder mystery, a work particularly favoured by Christie herself.
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1955 Hickory Dickory DockLondon: 1955A lovely first edition of this thrilling Agatha Christie murder mystery, featuring Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.
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1954 Destination UnknownLondon: 1954A wonderful example of the first edition of this spy thriller by Agatha Christie, an exhilarating departure from her usual genre.
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1952 They Do it With MirrorsLondon: 1952A smart first edition of Agatha Christie's thrilling detective fiction novel, set in a rehabilitation centre for delinquents.
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1979 Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other StoriesLondon: 1979A wonderful example of this posthumously published collection of short stories by the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie.
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1974 Poirot's Early CasesLondon: 1974The first edition thus of this collection of short stories by Agatha Christie, detailing early cases of Hercule Poirot.
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1952 Mrs McGinty's DeadLondon: 1952A smart copy of the first UK edition of this popular Hercule Poirot mystery, by Queen of Crime Agatha Christie.
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1960 The Adventure of the Christmas PuddingLondon: 1960An exceptionally bright first edition of this festive collection of short stories by the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie.
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[1950/1951] A Murder is AnnouncedLondon: [1950/1951]An excellent copy of this early edition of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple detective fiction novel.
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1948 Taken at the FloodLondon: 1948A very smart copy of the first UK edition of Agatha Christie's detective novel, following Hercule Poirot in post-War England.
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1957 Dead Man's FollyLondon: 1957The first book club edition of Agatha Christie's thrilling mystery starring Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.
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1973 Postern of FateLondon: 1973An excellent first edition of this Agatha Christie novel, in which an elderly Tommy and Tuppence investigate a cold case.
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1966 Third GirlLondon: 1966The first edition of this thrilling Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot mystery. One of her later novels, set in the 1960s.
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1972 Elephants Can RememberLondon: 1972A wonderful first edition of this thrilling Hercule Poirot murder mystery by Agatha Christie.
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1950-1951 3vols Three Agatha Christie Novels from the Collins Crime Club SeriesLondon: 1950-1951A bright trio of popular Agatha Christie novels published by the Collins Crime Club, in their original unclipped dust wrappers.
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1964 A Caribbean MysteryLondon: 1964A smart first edition copy of this exciting Miss Marple detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie.
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1966 Third GirlLondon: 1966The first edition of this thrilling Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot mystery, one of her later mysteries set in the 1960s.
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1940 Hercule Poirot's ChristmasLondon: 1940A scarce early edition of Christie's festive thriller, featuring her much loved Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot.